Some of us live an environment where we cannot practice our craft openly. It is a shame but our living situation is what it is. So this is for those of you - of age of course- who cannot openly practice magic!
Energy working
This is a method that requires pretty much no tools so there’s not much to hide. You can set barriers and shields with this method and no one ever can see. However, if your spiritual strength is a bit on the low end, this is also a great way to start trying to increase it. Like working out for your spirit power.
Here’s a post with various sources on energy working!
Kitchen Magic
This is one that if you like cooking, you can do without ever being suspected. This is also a perfect excuse to have a lot of herbs because you can claim its for cooking! I’m afraid I’m not particularly versed in it so I don’t really have any recipes to give but you can find a ton within the kitchen magic tag!
Music
Music can be paired, I think, with energy work and it can be used for a lot! Especially if it has an emotive response for you! Music tends to give me emotional responses and I have used it on more than one occasion to cleanse, lift the air and even give myself a boost in power. You can even pull song lyrics to help make a spell incantation! I can’t really tell you specifically which songs to use because this all would depend on how music effects you. But it is certainly an option! You can also sing or play your own instrument if you can to fuel a spell or cleanse!
Water, Water, Everywhere
Keep your empty bottles and you can store water of different types in there. Moon water, Storm water, Sun water, Sea water (if you are near the ocean), or even just add some salt to your water bottle. You can keep it in a drawer or something and it is pretty versatile. Salt water/sea water is great for cleansing and banishing and I love to use Storm water for the same purpose! And if your family or roommates find it, so what? All they’ll see are bottles of water.
Pop Culture Magic
As a nerd, I like the idea of charging up video game symbols or something and using it as something witchy. And to others, it can just look like you are just wearing nerdy regalia. Got a cool necklace from your favorite tv show? Great! Charge that sucker up in sun or moonlight and wear it around with you as a special charm! Like some symbols from that video game you like? Awesome! Use it to make a special sigil of your own!
Sigils
Now that we’ve mentioned sigils, those are actually pretty great too! You can use a pen to draw them on your skin somewhere under your clothes. Draw it into the soup you are about to eat, use your concealer to draw it on your face and blend it in, draw it on a sheet of paper and put it in your pocket to carry with you. Draw it on the inside of your tag on your shirt or jacket! Hell, draw it and take a picture of it and set it as your phone background! Sigils are extremely versatile and easy to keep very subtle!
Glamour Magic
This is a big one and really easy to disguise. Use your make up to cast a spell on yourself for the day! Charge your make up in moonlight to give it some extra strength! Don’t wear make up? That’s cool too! Chapstick charged in moonlight is great! You can also use your facial scrub or soap and use it as a cleansing ritual. You can also use your clothes! Charge up your clothes with moon or sunlight! You can also charge them with your intent and focus on that intent becoming a part of you as you put them on! You can also incorporate knot magic and braid your hair to lock in the spell so to speak or focus on the braid and it’s weaving together what you want to happen! You can also use your cologne or perfume to set your tone for the day!
Candles
If you are allowed to burn them, they can be helpful as well! All you have to do is say you like to have nice smelling candles! And speaking of scents, aromatherapy is a great tool as well! You can carve sigils into candles, anoint them with different waters and herbs!
Bath Magic
Oh boy this is a good one and also great for self care and cleansing! You can charge up your favorite soaps, body washes and shampoos in the sun or moonlight! You can also mix a bit of your different waters in with them! I like to take my body wash and mix in some herbs! Rosemary is a great one for cleansing and protection. You can use bath salts to help with cleansing and there all kinds of things you can add in there! Throw in some lemon slices, orange slices just some really great stuff and it makes you feel so nice!
Divination
Not really magic but I’m including it because in theory if you are in a situation where you can’t practice magic, you are probably in a situation in which you can’t openly do tarot either. Shufflemancy is a good one because all you need is your music. That’s it. Nothing suspicious about that. You just shuffle whether specified by another person or by when you think you should stop and give a reading based on the song that came up. You can also use Stichomancy (with books) or Bibliomancy (which is with the Bible. How’s THAT for ironic? HAH!)
That’s what I’ve got for now but I’m sure there are other options to pursue. I hope this was helpful to some of you!
Safe Travels
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